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Pensions improve the quality of Californias public education system and reduce turnover costs, according to a report issued by the National Institute on Retirement Security.

Mercers US Outsourcing business has rolled out Financial Engines Income+ to its defined contribution plan client base.

Rhode Island is ground zero for pension reform right now. The state, which has found itself with an unfunded pension liability of between $7 billion and $9 billion, has proposed a hybrid defined benefit/defined contribution plan to reform its retirement system.

Most of the companies that either suspended or reduced their 401(k) matches during the economic downturn have reinstated them, business consultant Towers Watson said in a study released Wednesday.

Social Security not only shouldn't be cut as part of the United States debt reduction measures, but, according to Merton Bernstein, an expert on Social Security and the Walter D. Coles Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis, it wouldnt take much to ensure Social Securitys viability 75 years...

Vanguard plans to introduce two international bond index funds: Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund. The funds represent Vanguards first international fixed income offerings for U.S. investors.